Hello,
I’m not sure if this exists. The question is, what are your ideas? How high should a knee wall be at minimum? We are currently planning with a 1m (3.3 ft) knee wall and a 45-degree gable roof. Of course, I can raise it, but it’s always a matter of cost. How high should the knee wall be nowadays so that the rooms on the upper floor can be used effectively?
Thanks in advance for your tips.
I’m not sure if this exists. The question is, what are your ideas? How high should a knee wall be at minimum? We are currently planning with a 1m (3.3 ft) knee wall and a 45-degree gable roof. Of course, I can raise it, but it’s always a matter of cost. How high should the knee wall be nowadays so that the rooms on the upper floor can be used effectively?
Thanks in advance for your tips.
Tommes78 schrieb:
We have now requested a quote from the builder and they specified the knee wall height as 1 meter (3.3 feet). The question is what they would charge to increase the knee wall to, for example, 1.50 meters (5 feet). Builders have you in a tough spot with this, as they charge quite a bit for such modifications. Just raising the basement ceiling height by 10 cm (4 inches) from 2.20 to 2.30 meters (7.2 to 7.5 feet) costs 1,200 €, so I’m curious how much the knee wall increase will cost.A small tip: don’t raise the height in neat 10 or 20 cm (4 or 8 inch) increments, but rather to match the height of a full masonry unit if possible. Sometimes a full brick or block can be more cost-effective than a cut half brick.
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Bauexperte16 Jul 2015 11:37Tommes78 schrieb:
Just increasing the height of the basement rooms by 10 cm from 2.20 to 2.30 m (7.9 to 9.5 feet) costs 1200 €, I don’t find that particularly expensive.
Regards, Bauexperte
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Bauexperte16 Jul 2015 11:56Tommes78 schrieb:
Just a quick question: How high should a basement with living space be? At least 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in), right?Yes. However, I would generally recommend the standard clear height of 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in).Regards, Bauexperte
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Sebastian7916 Jul 2015 12:44... which can get quite expensive with a basement using formwork panels, since there is no standard size.
That’s why we now have a clear height from the top edge of the finished floor of 2.36m (7 ft 9 in) in the basement, and this is more than enough for a living space underground.
At least as long as you don’t have a living room down there.
That’s why we now have a clear height from the top edge of the finished floor of 2.36m (7 ft 9 in) in the basement, and this is more than enough for a living space underground.
At least as long as you don’t have a living room down there.
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